Peter Farmer, Director, Chapman Taylor LLP, UK

Speaker Biograghy: Peter is Transport Director at Chapman Taylor. He has been working in the airport sector for over 25 years, from hubs to small regional airports, extending to 20+ UK airports, Europe, MENA, Asia, Australia, South America and the Caribbean. He has a keen understanding of the political, business and stakeholder drivers and a passion to understand the influences of societal and technological change as well as reducing their environmental impact.


Day 2 - 21 March
Session:
Airport Design, Planning & Development


16:45 - 17:15 - Panel Discussion: Rethinking for an inclusive approach to people with reduced mobility
Synopsis: This paper challenges the assumed definitions and likely impacts of increasing PRM numbers, offering possible strategy and design solutions to address the emerging challenge and attitudes. We are getting slower, needing more time but not necessarily a wheelchair, and we need to accommodate the increasing needs of sensory and mental health issues as well as mobility. Moral and economic demands on airports and designers require us to challenge the attitudes of standard and minimum ratio-driven regulatory provision and the quality of design, and in doing so we will demonstrate the benefits of a more integrated approach.

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